Place:Chipman (parish), Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameChipman (parish)
Alt namesBriggs Cornersource: settlement in parish
Camp Wegesegumsource: settlement in parish
Castawaysource: settlement in parish
Coal Creeksource: settlement in parish
Dufferinsource: settlement in parish
Fowlers Cornersource: settlement in parish
Harley Roadsource: settlement in parish
Iron Bound Covesource: settlement in parish
Kings Minessource: settlement in parish
Leckey Roadsource: settlement in parish
Midlandsource: settlement in parish
Redbanksource: settlement in parish
The Ridgesource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates46.25°N 65.82°W
Located inQueens, New Brunswick, Canada     (1835 - )
See alsoBrunswick (parish), Queens, New Brunswick, Canadaparish from which it was formed in 1835
Canning (parish), Queens, New Brunswick, Canadaparish from which it was formed in 1835
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

Chipman Parish was formed in 1835 from Brunswick Parish and Canning Parish in Queens County, New Brunswick. It was named for Ward Chipman Jr. (1787-1851), the chief justice of New Brunswick from 1834-1851. It included the eastern part of Waterborough Parish until 1896. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

The area of the parish is 482.81 km2 (186.41 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 962, a decrease of 8.9% from 2006. There were 481 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 2.0/km2 (5/sq mi). In 2006 the population was more than 96% English-speaking, another 2% spoke French and the remainder spoke other languages.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Chipman Parish. Only the village of Chipman is an incorporated municipality. Those in italics are small and redirected here. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. The Bronsons, the Gaspereaus and the Salmons have been grouped together under Bronson, Gaspereau Forks and Salmon River respectively. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

Image:Queens County NB PMJ.png
Briggs CornerDufferinMidland
BronsonFowlers CornerRedbank
Bronson Settlement (see Bronson)Gaspereau ForksSalmon Creek (see Salmon River)
Camp WegesegumHarley RoadSalmon River
CastawayIron Bound CoveThe Ridge
ChipmanKings MinesUpper Gaspereau (see Gaspereau Forks)
Coal CreekLeckey Road
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Research Tips

  • New Brunswick Provincial Archives. This is the introductory page. The tabs will lead you to more precise material.
  • The FamilySearch wiki. This lists the availability of vital statistics indexes for New Brunswick.
  • New Brunswick GenWeb. A round-up of a lot of genealogical information at the province, county and parish level. Lists of cemeteries and monumental inscriptions can be found here.
  • The Provincial Archives website titled The Placenames of New Brunswick has maps of all of its parishes and descriptions of some communities within them. This site contains "cadastral" maps for each parish illustrating the grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date.
  • Microfilm images of all Canadian censuses 1851-1911 are online at Library and Archives Canada, as well as at FamilySearch and Ancestry. The 1921 census appears to be available only at Ancestry.
  • The CanGenealogy page for New Brunswick. An overview of available online sources with links written by Dave Obee.
  • More possibilities can be found by googling "New Brunswick province family history" and investigating the results.
  • The word "rencensement", found in Sources, is French for "census".
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